Bowling Best Figures Innings IN South Africa

Players IN South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	2.64	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
D Olivier	13.0	2	51	5	3.92	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
D Olivier	15.0	3	59	5	3.93	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
L Embuldeniya	26.0	3	66	5	2.53	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
K Rabada	12.4	3	38	4	3.00	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
RAS Lakmal	16.3	3	39	4	2.36	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
D Olivier	15.0	3	48	4	3.20	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
DW Steyn	20.0	7	48	4	2.40	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
K Rabada	16.4	2	61	4	3.66	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Mohammad Amir	20.0	6	62	4	3.10	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
MVT Fernando	17.0	1	62	4	3.64	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.0	1	64	4	3.55	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
MVT Fernando	17.1	2	71	4	4.13	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
DW Steyn	19.0	2	85	4	4.47	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Mohammad Amir	33.0	9	88	4	2.66	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.1	3	123	4	4.52	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
DM de Silva	11.0	1	36	3	3.27	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
Shadab Khan	11.3	-	41	3	3.56	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Faheem Ashraf	14.0	3	42	3	3.00	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
VD Philander	13.0	4	43	3	3.30	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
K Rabada	15.0	4	47	3	3.13	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
DW Steyn	15.1	3	48	3	3.16	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Faheem Ashraf	15.0	2	57	3	3.80	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
K Rabada	17.0	4	59	3	3.47	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
D Olivier	10.0	1	61	3	6.10	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
MVT Fernando	18.2	2	62	3	3.38	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
CAK Rajitha	15.0	2	67	3	4.46	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
CAK Rajitha	14.4	-	68	3	4.63	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
KA Maharaj	20.0	1	71	3	3.55	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
D Olivier	15.0	2	74	3	4.93	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
K Rabada	16.0	2	75	3	4.68	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
DM de Silva	5.0	-	15	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
CAK Rajitha	7.0	1	20	2	2.85	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
VD Philander	10.0	2	32	2	3.20	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
DW Steyn	15.0	4	34	2	2.26	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
K Rabada	10.0	2	35	2	3.50	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
D Olivier	16.0	3	35	2	2.18	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Mohammad Amir	15.4	2	36	2	2.29	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
K Rabada	11.4	-	41	2	3.51	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Mohammad Abbas	18.0	6	44	2	2.44	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
K Rabada	12.2	2	48	2	3.89	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Mohammad Amir	20.0	2	56	2	2.80	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Hasan Ali	18.0	4	70	2	3.88	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
DW Steyn	18.0	1	71	2	3.94	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Hasan Ali	17.0	3	75	2	4.41	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
DW Steyn	20.0	2	80	2	4.00	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Shan Masood	3.0	1	6	1	2.00	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
PWA Mulder	3.0	2	6	1	2.00	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
KA Maharaj	2.0	-	9	1	4.50	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
FDM Karunaratne	4.3	1	12	1	2.66	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
VD Philander	8.0	3	13	1	1.62	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Mohammad Abbas	4.0	-	14	1	3.50	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Shan Masood	5.0	1	19	1	3.80	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Yasir Shah	7.4	1	20	1	2.60	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
RAS Lakmal	14.0	3	29	1	2.07	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
MVT Fernando	10.0	1	32	1	3.20	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
VD Philander	11.0	3	36	1	3.27	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
D Olivier	13.0	2	36	1	2.76	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Hasan Ali	13.0	6	39	1	3.00	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Shadab Khan	10.0	2	39	1	3.90	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
VD Philander	14.0	4	41	1	2.92	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
D Olivier	12.0	2	46	1	3.83	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
VD Philander	19.0	6	51	1	2.68	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
L Embuldeniya	10.0	1	51	1	5.10	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Shaheen Shah Afridi	15.0	1	53	1	3.53	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
K Rabada	15.0	2	53	1	3.53	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
CAK Rajitha	13.0	1	54	1	4.15	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
DW Steyn	13.0	1	66	1	5.07	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Mohammad Abbas	18.0	3	73	1	4.05	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Hasan Ali	17.0	1	83	1	4.88	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
D Olivier	16.0	3	84	1	5.25	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
K Rabada	22.3	3	97	1	4.31	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Mohammad Abbas	34.0	8	100	1	2.94	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2019	Test # 2340

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]